Announcement before Wednesday 25th January

[kaosmark2]

I'd seen nin on both the arena dates that summer and those were bloody epic. Whilst the soni set was interesting I couldnt help being a little disappointed as it was the last time I'd get to see one of my fav bands. Especially when you see the set lists for their final US shows too...

[kipper64]

Yeah, I never caught them at the arenas, due to no Scottish dates (besides TITP ) However I had seen them before Sonisphere so I'd heard a lot of the "hits" anyways, and as Kaos says, the set was really sincere and almost fitting for a goodbye show - although they'll be back, I'm sure of it, he's just said it's a touring hiatus whilst he does everything else he wants to do, he's still going to make music and is still continuing NIN.

GNR are announcing tour dates tomorrow, launching new website too I'd imagine - could have been part of the delay...even though Gods of Metal announced them before everyone else/the rest of their tour came out/GNR had confirmed it. Guessing they maybe jumped the gun!

[lharris92]

thrash hits have posted a bit of a teaser,

http://www.thrashhits.com/2012/01/sunday-slaylist-speculating-sonisphere-2012/

Well, this week

Sonisphere finally broke their silence

and announced some of the bands that will be playing their Spanish and Finnish festivals this year. As yet there’s still no names for Knebworth, and

as Metal Hammer noted

, some of the names that are playing in Madrid and Helsinki are playing Download in the UK, and therefore seem highly unlikely to make the UK edition of Sonisphere. But it got us thinking – what bands

could

be playing at Knebworth this year?

Now if you’ve been

following us on Twitter

, you’ll know that we’ve said that we know at least two bands that will be playing the UK leg of Sonisphere 2012. And yes, both of them are in this week’s Slaylist. We’ve also added tracks from every other band we’ve heard rumoured to be playing Knebworth (although some of them we

know

are going to be playing Reading, Leeds or Download instead…), so perhaps we’ve got even more of the line-up right than we know. Only time will tell….

There’s at least one rumoured band that we’ve deliberately left off our Slaylist (not that they’re on Spotify, anyway). This band is one of the names that some people are throwing around as a potential headliner….but we happen to know that they are

definitely not

playing at Knebworth. Can anyone work out who it is we’re talking about?

[huntyyy]

Tool have been rumoured and aren't on spotify, and I wouldn't be half surprised if they didn't play. I'm gonna say it's them they're referring to.

[gazza_20]

thrash hits have posted a bit of a teaser,

http://www.thrashhit...onisphere-2012/

here's the list of bands as well.

Van Halen

Foo Fighters

Faith No More

Refused

Rage Against The Machine

Ghost

Sikth

Marilyn Manson

Soulfly

Alice In Chains

Kiss

Misfits

Red Fang

Gallows

Paramore

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Entombed

Iron Maiden

blink-182

Green Day

Enter Shikari

HIM

At The Drive-In

Gojira

Within Temptation

Mastodon

Orange Goblin

Amorphis

Biohazard

Clutch

Skindred

Edguy

DOWN

Helmet

Avenged Sevenfold

Pelican

Children Of Bodom

Alkaline Trio

Electric Wizard

Andrew W.K.

There's two key names not there from the rumours - GNR and Queen.

also the band who are rumoured to headline they have left off... apparently aren't on spotify, can't work out who that is.

Edited January 29, 2012 by gazza_20

[lharris92]

I'd say points towards Guns N Roses not at Knebworth. Some info has been heard that Soni won't be announced for almost another couple of weeks and it's been a few days but that's not concrete.

[huntyyy]

actually tool are on spotify, so can't be them

[thegremlin_1999]

If I hadn't seen the arena shows I would have been pissed off, but it felt more meaningful to me to have a genuine goodbye, sincere set.

[lharris92]

ac/dc are on there too, im searching spotify for most of the rumoured bands but can't seem to see any who aren't on there

[gazza_20]

ac/dc are on there too, im searching spotify for most of the rumoured bands but can't seem to see any who aren't on there

[thegremlin_1999]

ac/dc are on there too, im searching spotify for most of the rumoured bands but can't seem to see any who aren't on there

[lharris92]

Is that actual ac/dc or a tribute band? Last time I looked it was only the latter... And ac/dc always used to hate iTunes/spotify...

[the_mars_volta]

actually tool are on spotify, so can't be them

[Chapcharlie]

Guess we'll have to wait for the actual announcement (whenever that may be) !?

Had thought Nightwish may be around with their new album, but doesnt look like they're doing the UK.

Just to add to the Guns & Roses comments, for all their failings I saw them at Leeds in 2001 (?) and the crowd seemed huge (they didnt do Reading). Everywhere I looked there were people trying to get a view, many more than for any other band I've seen. We (20 of us) were'nt expecting it to be perfect but thought we'd give it a go.

From our (reasonably drunk) perspective it was amazing. We based it purely on the music and crowd reaction, not whether our favourite guy was playing guitar or not. Also, everyone I heard on the way back to the tents was in kind of a hushed awe, all with great comments. It was one of the best gigs I have been to.

Sorry if you hate them, and I am sure that things may well have changed over the last 10 years, but that's my memory. It would be a shame if they played and were crap, although Axl has that capability at any time I guess.

For what it's worth Queen at a heavy rock festival doesn't suit. Maybe V or R&L, but they seem a little easy listening by comparison to the rest of the probable list. As to how they sound with the new guy, it would be harsh to judge without seeing them, as I found out in 2001.

Back to the sofa to veg out to Dream Theater

Cheers

[lharris92]

Tool aren't on spotify! It's just tributes to Tool.

[kipper64]

Yeah Tool definitely AREN'T on Spotify, besides the songs from my own library that show up when I search, there's none actually hosted on Spotify, nor is their an artists page for them. So that comment by TH definitely rules out Tool imo.

[lharris92]

ah that must be it then, cause my songs show up that i have from tool

didn't realise that happened

:S

[TYLER_4]

we all knew it was unlikely tool would be there tbh ey. 2013 download headliners would be my guess.

[she bangs the drums]

Just to add to the Guns & Roses comments, for all their failings I saw them at Leeds in 2001 (?) and the crowd seemed huge (they didnt do Reading). Everywhere I looked there were people trying to get a view, many more than for any other band I've seen. We (20 of us) were'nt expecting it to be perfect but thought we'd give it a go.

From our (reasonably drunk) perspective it was amazing. We based it purely on the music and crowd reaction, not whether our favourite guy was playing guitar or not. Also, everyone I heard on the way back to the tents was in kind of a hushed awe, all with great comments. It was one of the best gigs I have been to.

Sorry if you hate them, and I am sure that things may well have changed over the last 10 years, but that's my memory. It would be a shame if they played and were crap, although Axl has that capability at any time I guess.

[dan666]

GnR at download a few years back were terrible. Such a let down.

[Chapcharlie]

Time seems to have taken it's toll.

I will keep my memory intact and not be tempted to see them again, lol.

Hope the same doesn't happen to the Foos and Muse, as they were also in my top 3 gigs!

[Chapcharlie]

Time seems to have taken it's toll.

I will keep my memory intact and not be tempted to see them again, lol.

Hope the same doesn't happen to the Foos and Muse, as they were also in my top 3 gigs!

[AR93]

Just had a thought...

A band that isn't on Spotify? Queen w/ Adam Lambert?

[kipper64]

No...Queen are on Spotify. Queen and Adam aren't I guess, but the set if they do tour isn't a queen and adam setlist as Queen with Adam L don't exist, as a band. It's just all Queen material with him singing.

It's Tool. They were a big rumour (cause of new album possibly being released, current North American Tour, and them being on the Scuzz thing), but aren't on Spotify.

[jump]

More Guns N Roses dates, they are touring the US in Feb and Bulgaria on the 8th July which is the last night of Soni UK.